Posted
1/28/2010 05:57:00 PM
by Douglas
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oneThe U.S. Senate voted narrowly on Thursday to increase the government's borrowing authority to $14.3 trillion, which would allow the Treasury Department to continue servicing the country's spiraling national debt through most of 2010.
Wow, I can't even imagine $14.3 trillion. At some point, you get so far in debt, you'll never recover. But I don't think they're thinking about that.
Previous "debt ceiling adjustments" noted here in
2004, 2005, 2006, and
2007.Why have a "ceiling" if they can raise it whenever the hell they feel like it?
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